Research Focus on Smoking & Women's HealthAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 1 May 2008
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The Office of the US Surgeon General, in detailed report entitled "Women and Smoking," made the following statement: "When calling attention to public health problems, we must not misuse the word epidemic. But there is no better word to describe the 600-percent increase since 1950 in womens death rates for lung cancer, a disease primarily caused by cigarette smoking. Clearly, smoking-related disease among women is a full-blown epidemic." -- David Satcher, MD, PhD. Tobacco use accounts for nearly one third of all cancer deaths. Tens of thousands of women will die this year from lung cancer, which has greatly surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death among women. More than 90% of these deaths will be due to smoking. In addition to increasing the risk for lung cancer, smoking is a risk factor for cancers of the cervix, mouth, larynx (voice box), pharynx (throat), oesophagus, kidney, bladder, pancreas, and stomach. It is also connected to some forms of leukaemia. This new book is dedicated to recent and important research from around the world.
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